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I would like to understand what is the difference between wine and wine64. Tried googling but cannot find a normal explanation.

The reason I am asking is because I have 2 exe files, 32-bit and 64-bit (same program, just 2 variants for different archituctures) and both of them work fine both using wine and wine64.

I am using Ubuntu 16.04 (64-bit). What is the "correct" way to run it?

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According to winehq.org

  • 32 bit Wine runs on both 32-bit and 64-bit Linux/Unix installations. 16-bit and 32-bit Windows applications will run on it.
  • 64-bit Wine runs only on 64 bit installations, and so far has only been extensively tested on Linux. It requires the installation of 32 bit libraries in order to run 32 bit Windows applications. Both 32-bit and 64-bit Windows applications (should) work with it;" however, there are still many bugs.

Use the one that works for you.If your applications work with either consider yourself lucky and use either one. There is no right or wrong, just what works for you.

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  • Is there any benefit to installing both wine and wine64?
    – Flimm
    Dec 14, 2023 at 5:53
  • @Flimm at the risk of repeating myself, Use the one that works for you.If your applications work with either consider yourself lucky and use either one. There is no right or wrong, just what works for you.
    – Elder Geek
    Dec 17, 2023 at 17:16

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